Блог вчителя англійської мови: Спортивна тематика

climbing judo

wrestling

figure skating

bobsleigh

ice-hockey

golf

water polo

snowboarding

skateboarding

handball

fencing

2. Name sports in each group below without looking back
at the previous page.

winter sports / water sports / team sports / outdoor sports / sports that are played with the ball / indoor sports

3. Group up the sports into 3 columns.
Mind¹ the verbs you use with each sport.

rugby, cricket, soccer, rowing, cycling, basketball, tennis,

boxing, karate, volleyball, skiing, judo, horse riding, sailing,

swimming, high jump, running, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling

Reason –причина

Instead of – замість

Beach – пляж

Kneepads – наколінники

Kit – обладнання

Tournament - турнір

1. Which sport is she talking about?

2. Where does she do it?

3. What equipment do you need for it?

4. How often does she do it?

5. Why does she like it?

6. Is she good at it?

Martial Arts

1) Do you know which countries these martial arts come from?

a) tae kwon do___________________________________

b) kung fu_______________________________________

c) jujitsu________________________________________

2) Can you match these martial arts to the meaning of their names? Choose the definition and write it down.

a) judo

b) karate

c) tai chi

d) sumo

"great breath"

^“way of gentleness"

”empty hand"

"great art"

SPORTS AND GAMES

Find and underline the word, which is the odd-one-out.

1) badminton, fencing, soccer, tennis

2) weight-lifting, figure-skating, kickboxing, judo

3) draughts, skiing, skating, running

4) court, swimming-pool, team, stadium

5) trainer, soccer, player, athlete

6) take place, take part, win, lose

Match the question in line A with the answer in line B. There is one extra answer in B.

1) Do you go in for sports?

2) Do you have a good trainer?

3) What sports competitions took place in your school last year?

4) Is your friend a good athlete?
5) Who won the first place?

6) Did you win or lose the last basketball match?

a) Oh no, he isn't.

b) Yes, we also took part in it.

c) No, but I'd like to.

d) In football and basketball as far as I remember.

e) Believe it or not but we won the match.

f) I don't know.

g) Yes, he is very qualified.

Read and say if the statements are true or false.

1 Football is popular in almost all the countries in the world.

2 Sports fans come to the stadium to learn their favourite poems.

3 If you want to play hockey you must have a puck and a club.

4 People, who play chess, are called chessmen.

5 Track-and-field events are included into the Olympics.

6 The referee acts as a goalkeeper in football.

7 There is no difference between tennis and table tennis.

8 Women are fond of playing hockey.

9 Tennis is a game in which two or four players strike a tennis ball with rackets all over a net.

10 Every player dreams of losing a game.

11 Draughts is an outdoor game.

12 There is no difference between soccer and rugby

13 Badminton can be played only indoors.

14 The goalkeeper acts as a judge in football.

15 Ice hockey is popular with women.

16 A tennis ball is struck with a club.

17 Women are good football players, as a rule.

18 People who play draughts are called draughtsmen.

19 We use balls when playing badminton.

20 Golf is played on ice fields.

21 Hockey is one of the most popular summer sports.

22 Table tennis and lawn tennis are one and the same game.

23 In hockey a handball and rackets are used.

24 Boxers fight with bare hands.

25 Track and field events are never included in the Olympics.

26 You may touch the ball with your hands when playing football